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Israel: NIA Announces New Worksite Inspections, Increased Border Checks, and...
Israel: NIA Announces New Worksite Inspections, Increased Border Checks, and Higher Filing Fees Israel’s National Immigration Authority (NIA) recently announced several new measures aimed at protecting...
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Israel: Employers Face New Worksite Compliance Requirements
Israel: Employers Face New Worksite Compliance Requirements Effective immediately, employers in Israel are subject to stricter civil and criminal penalties for workplace immigration violations, and may...
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Israel: Government Strike Ends but Processing Delays Continue
Workers at the Israeli Foreign Ministry have returned to work after a recent strike, but foreign nationals and their employers are still experiencing long processing delays due to application backlogs...
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Israel: Government Creates New Work Permit Unit for High-Volume Filers,...
Israeli authorities have announced the creation of a new adjudications unit that will oversee work permit applications from employers sponsoring more than 30 foreign workers per year. In a related...
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Israel: Gas and Oil Companies Now Require Ministerial Recommendation to...
Employers in the gas and oil industry must now obtain a recommendation from the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources to sponsor foreign nationals for B-1 work permits, and in the future they may be...
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Israel: Photo ID Now Required for B-1 Work Visa Applications
Applicants for B-1 work visas are now required to provide a copy of a government-issued photo identity card in addition to their passport, including those with applications currently pending at the...
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Israel: Immigration Processing Delayed by Up to One Month
Executive Summary An upcoming change in government in the wake of parliamentary elections and heavy work loads at the Ministry of Interior are delaying the processing of work permit and renewal...
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Israel: Government Steps Up Worksite Inspections
Workplace inspections in Israel have increased substantially in 2013 and are expected to continue. In several cases, unauthorized workers have been deported, and local authorities are expected to...
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Israel: Foreign Ministry Strike Will Delay Visa Processing
Israel’s consular posts have suspended operations due to a strike by Foreign Ministry workers. Visa applications are not being accepted or adjudicated during the suspension, except for humanitarian...
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Israel: Foreign Ministry Strike Continues
Operations at Israel’s consular posts remain suspended due to an ongoing strike by Foreign Ministry workers. Visa applications are not being accepted or adjudicated, except for humanitarian reasons....
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Israel: Holiday Closures in September Will Further Delay Immigration Processing
The Israeli government agencies responsible for work permit processing and visa issuance will close for much of September in observance of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. The holiday closures...
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ISRAEL: Foreign Ministry Strike Ends, Consulates to Be Fully Staffed Aug. 1
Visa application processing at all Israeli consulates will resume tomorrow. The National Labor Court has suspended the Foreign Ministry strike and referred the diplomats’ union and the government to a...
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Israel – Significant Increase in Worksite Inspections and Deportations
Local authorities in Israel continue to ramp up their immigration enforcement efforts, with recent unannounced worksite visits made to several multinational corporations involved in government and...
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ISRAEL: Government Stops Issuing Birth Certificates to Children of Foreign...
Children born to foreign nationals in Israel now receive hospital-issued, hand-written birth notices that document only the family name of the child’s mother. The policy will make obtaining passports...
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ISRAEL: Prevailing Wage and Foreign Worker Fees Rise; Worksite Inspections...
The prevailing wage and government fees for foreign workers have increased by five and two percent, respectively. Workplace inspections and related deportations of unauthorized workers are expected to...
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ISRAEL: Two-year work permits now available
IMPACT – MEDIUM What is the change? A new working permit, good for a two-year period, is now available for foreign nationals. What does the change mean? As of Feb. 5, the Work Permit Unit of the...
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ISRAEL: Two-Year Work Permit Introduced
Employers and foreign nationals may now apply for two-year work permits, though the need for the longer validity period will need to be substantiated. The standard three-month and one-year work permits...
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ISRAEL: Strike halts all consular and visa services
IMPACT – MEDIUM What is the change? A strike at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has put all consular services on hold. What does the change mean? Israel’s diplomats will not issue visas or provide any...
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ISRAEL: News Update – Jewish Holidays Season and Immigration Matters
The Jewish Holiday season, coming up in a couple of weeks, will cause changes in processing times and reception days of government agencies in charge of processing work permits and work visas. The...
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ISRAEL: Consulates Resume Full Operations Today
Israeli consulates have resumed processing visa applications, but lengthy processing delays are expected due to backlogs that developed during a month-long Ministry of Foreign Affairs labor dispute....
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